Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself
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India court extends custody of top opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal for 4 more days
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has extended custody of a top opposition leader for four more days after his arrest last week triggered protests,…
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By Caitlin Danaher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III gave public remarks for Maundy Thursday, addressing the…
Continue Reading Visualizing the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse
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Continue Reading Philippine leader warns of countermeasures in response to Chinese aggression at sea
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says his government will enforce a “countermeasure package”…
Continue Reading Paying for the Baltimore bridge collapse will be a complicated, yearslong mess
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — The massive cargo ship crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 28: Bridge collapse, Gaza, Immigration, Disney, Crypto
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Continue Reading Pope, looking strong, issues lengthy marching orders to priests during Holy Thursday Mass
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Continue Reading Home Depot buying supplier to professional contractors in a deal valued at about $18.25B
Home Depot is buying SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, in a deal valued at approximately $18.25 billion. The home improvement…
Continue Reading India summons US State Department official over call for fair legal treatment of arrested opposition leader
By Lucas Lilieholm, Sania Farooqui and Aishwarya S. Iyer and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s Ministry of External Affairs summoned…
Continue Reading Poland and Ukraine leaders discuss regulating Ukrainian food imports to ease farmer discontent
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is in Poland for talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to address Polish and…
Continue Reading German mail service stops using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main national postal carrier has stopped using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years. The move…
Continue Reading Key findings from AP’s investigation into police force that isn’t supposed to be lethal
By REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people…
Continue Reading University of Texas at Austin students say cultural programs are struggling to stay afloat in wake of anti-DEI law
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Continue Reading This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn’t supposed to be fatal
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Continue Reading Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill?
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Continue Reading ‘National disgrace’: Oxford coach laments pollution in the Thames ahead of Boat Race
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Continue Reading VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren’t harming people’s safety or rights
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Continue Reading The White House expects about 40,000 participants at its ‘egg-ucation’-themed annual Easter egg roll
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Continue Reading Biden is announcing a new rule to protect consumers who purchase short-term health insurance plans
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Continue Reading French lawmakers are weighing a bill banning all types of hair discrimination
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers are debating a bill Thursday that would ban discrimination over the texture,…
Continue Reading China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine as ties improve
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Continue Reading Gangs netting up to $3 trillion a year as Southeast Asia human trafficking becomes a global crisis, Interpol says
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Continue Reading Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winner who wrote Thinking, Fast and Slow, dies aged 90
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Continue Reading Japan recalls ‘red rice’ health products over suspected link to five deaths
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Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares meander after S&P 500 sets another record
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Continue Reading Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur economy
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Continue Reading China lifts penalties on Australian wine after more than three devastating years
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Continue Reading U.S. congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan
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Continue Reading It’s a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits
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Continue Reading China’s latest EV is a ‘connected’ car from smart appliance maker Xiaomi
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Continue Reading A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression
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Continue Reading US journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow’s courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern.…
Continue Reading NTSB set to speak with pilots of the cargo ship that brought down a Baltimore bridge as a dangerous salvage operation looms
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Continue Reading Maryland governor says ‘long road ahead’ after Baltimore bridge collapse
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Continue Reading Turkey’s high-stakes mayoral races are expected to be close. Volunteer monitors will be key
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Continue Reading An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with ‘I LOVE UAE’ next to it
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Continue Reading Ukraine foreign minister arrives in New Delhi to boost ties with India, a historical ally of Russia
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Continue Reading Whether you’re using a fancy camera or a smartphone, here’s how to take great eclipse photos
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Continue Reading Republican committee to select Buck’s likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert’s campaign
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Continue Reading Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US
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Continue Reading No police charges for Taylor Swift’s dad over paparazzi incident in Sydney
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Continue Reading Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment
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Continue Reading Dethroned crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for defrauding FTX investors
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Continue Reading Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
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Continue Reading Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case
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Continue Reading What to know about the cargo ship Dali, a mid-sized ocean monster that took down a Baltimore bridge
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Continue Reading Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
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Continue Reading Trump will attend the wake of a slain NYPD officer as he goes after Biden over crime
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Continue Reading ‘I knew I could be killed’: This cash van guard is just one of South Africa’s crime wave victims
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Continue Reading US military drains fuel from tank facility that leaked fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water
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Continue Reading Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90
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Continue Reading Former correctional officer at women’s prison in California sentenced for sexually abusing inmates
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Continue Reading Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
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Continue Reading 4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois, residential area, authorities say
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Continue Reading Hawaii says 30 Lahaina fire survivors are moving into housing daily but 3,000 are still in hotels
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Continue Reading A $500K house was built on the wrong Hawaii lot. A legal fight is unfolding over the mix-up
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Continue Reading Some New England universities and colleges break $90,000 barrier for total cost in upcoming school year
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Continue Reading Bob Uecker, 90, expected to broadcast Brewers’ home opener, workload the rest of season uncertain
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It is time to trim our trees
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Local fourth grader deemed best in the west for handwriting competition
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Continue Reading Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion ‘lite’ proposal that would cover fewer people
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Continue Reading An indicted Tennessee judge is sent to jail after her bond is revoked for positive cocaine tests
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Fire investigator reveals cause of Reed’s Dairy fire as in-wall space heater
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Continue Reading Martin Scorsese will dive into the journey to sainthood with an 8-part Fox Nation docuseries
By The Associated Press Martin Scorsese will host, narrate and produce an eight-part docudrama for Fox Nation where he examines the evolution of…
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Continue Reading Trump ally Jeffrey Clark was adamant about fraud in 2020 election despite evidence, superior said
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Continue Reading Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
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Continue Reading Truck driver indicted on murder charges in crash that killed Massachusetts officer, utility worker
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Continue Reading ‘Absolutely a wake-up call’: Key Bridge tragedy has markings of 1980 Baltimore crash, but worse
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Continue Reading Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the ‘meme stock’ mantle
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Continue Reading Interior Department issues rule to limit methane leaks from public lands drilling
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Continue Reading Judge dismisses murder charges ex-Houston officer had faced over 2019 drug raid
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